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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
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+ *
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+ *
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+ */
+
+package jdk.jfr.api.consumer.security;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.time.Duration;
+import java.time.Instant;
+
+import jdk.jfr.Event;
+import jdk.jfr.Recording;
+import jdk.jfr.consumer.EventStream;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.OutputAnalyzer;
+import jdk.test.lib.process.ProcessTools;
+
+/**
+ * @test
+ * @summary Test that a stream can be opened against a remote repository using
+ *          only file permission
+ * @key jfr
+ * @requires vm.hasJFR
+ * @library /test/lib
+ *
+ * @run main/othervm jdk.jfr.api.consumer.security.TestStreamingRemote
+ */
+public class TestStreamingRemote {
+
+    private static final String SUCCESS = "Success!";
+
+    public static class TestEvent extends Event {
+    }
+
+    public static class Test {
+        public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+            Path repo = Paths.get(args[0]);
+            System.out.println("Repository: " + repo);
+            try (EventStream es = EventStream.openRepository(repo)) {
+                es.setStartTime(Instant.EPOCH);
+                es.onEvent(e -> {
+                    System.out.println(SUCCESS);
+                    es.close();
+                });
+                es.start();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        try (Recording r = new Recording()) {
+            r.setFlushInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1));
+            r.start();
+            String repository = System.getProperty("jdk.jfr.repository");
+            Path policy = createPolicyFile(repository);
+            TestEvent e = new TestEvent();
+            e.commit();
+            String[] c = new String[4];
+            c[0] = "-Djava.security.manager";
+            c[1] = "-Djava.security.policy=" + escapeBackslashes(policy.toString());
+            c[2] = Test.class.getName();
+            c[3] = repository;
+            OutputAnalyzer oa = ProcessTools.executeTestJvm(c);
+            oa.shouldContain(SUCCESS);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static Path createPolicyFile(String repository) throws IOException {
+        Path policy = Paths.get("permission.policy").toAbsolutePath();
+        try (PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(policy.toFile())) {
+            pw.println("grant {");
+            // All the files and directories the contained in path
+            String dir = escapeBackslashes(repository);
+            String contents = escapeBackslashes(repository + File.separatorChar + "-");
+            pw.println("  permission java.io.FilePermission \"" + dir + "\", \"read\";");
+            pw.println("  permission java.io.FilePermission \"" + contents + "\", \"read\";");
+            pw.println("};");
+            pw.println();
+        }
+        System.out.println("Permission file: " + policy);
+        for (String line : Files.readAllLines(policy)) {
+            System.out.println(line);
+        }
+        System.out.println();
+        return policy;
+    }
+
+    // Needed for Windows
+    private static String escapeBackslashes(String text) {
+        return text.replace("\\", "\\\\");
+    }
+}